Neymar Breaks Down in Tears Reliving Tackle that Almost Paralysed Him

Neymar - July 2014 - BellaNaija.com 01

Neymar - July 2014 - BellaNaija.com 01
Brazilian footballer Neymar didn’t refrain the tears when he revealed that he was so proximate to being paralysed.

At the Brazil training session and press conference on Thursday 10th July 2014, the 22-year-old verbalized after being hospitalised with a fractured vertebrae in Brazil’s World Cup quarter-final win over Colombia.

He told heralds that Colombia advocator Juan Zuniga had called him to apologise for the knee in the back that initially made him unable to feel his legs.

On reprehension, he verbally expresses, “A lot of you verbally express I am expeditious to dive, but I don’t take any notice of that, because when I visually perceive a tackle coming face-on, I ken how to forfend myself, but when the tackle emanates from behind, I can’t forfend myself, the only thing I can do to forfend myself is to reverence the rules of the game.”

“God mystically enchanted me in this assailment if it had been 2 centimetres more…(then he breaks down in tears) exculpate me, I am contrite, I am apologetic, I could have ended, ended up in a wheelchair.” he perpetuated.
Brazil Training Session and Press Conference - 2014 FIFA World Cup
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